Air-circulator for automobiles.



B. E. RIKER.

AIR CIRCULATOR FOH AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-16.1915.

Patented May 16, 1916.

.BRICE EDWIN BIKER, OF BRANOHVIIILE, NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

AIR-CIRGULATOR FOR AUTOMOBILES.

llPatented May 16, 1916.

Application filed September 16, 1915. Serial No. 51,062.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, BRIOE EDWIN BIKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Branchville, in the county of Sussex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Air-Circulators for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification.

y invention relates to an improvement in a1r circulators forautomobiles, and the object is to cause a strong current of air to 'be distributed over the open back of the radiator and over the motor when the car is in motion, with the result that more power is obtained, less oil or gasolene is used, the overheating of the motor is prevented, and the machine will travel more miles per gallon of gasolene. A

The invention consists in a tube or tubes attached to the hood of the automobile,

tubes, discharging it at the forward end of 1 is a view in partly above and partly below the surface of the latter, with communicating openings, so that as the'machine travels it forces a strong current of air through the tube or the radiator, whence it becomes distributed throughout the latter, and back over the motor.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure perspective; Fig. 2 is a central, vertical section; and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view.

A, is the hood of any type of automobile, to which my improvement is attached. In

the top of the hood, holes 1, 1, are cut, ac-

cordingly as one or two circulator tubes are used. Two are shown, and these tubes are preferably made in two half-round sections 2 and 3, which preferably taper somewhat throughout theirlengths, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and are open at their forward ends.

A convenient .form is that shown, in which the edges have flanges 4, 4, which are riveted through the hood, 'as shown at5, 5.

A damper 6 may be arranged in front of the intake opening, to be used in winter to limit and temper the amount of air forced through the circulators.

As the machine travels, air enters through the open forward ends of the circulators, as indicated by the arrows/in Fig. 2, passes through openings 1, l, in the top of the hood, and is thence forced forward as the arrows show, discharging immediately beneath the intake, from which point it is distributed in a strong current, induced by the rapid travel of the machine, into the forward ends of the radiator, thus keeping the parts well cooled in a very simple way and at slight expense.

The device is easily made and applied to any automobile onthe market.

I claim:

1. A circulator for automobiles comprising anautomobile hood having a communicati'ng orifice therein at the rear of the circulator, and a tube which is secured to said automobile hood, below the surface thereof, whereby the air received in the open forward end is forced through the opening above the hood and discharged from below the hood.

2. The combination with the hoodof an automobile having an opening therein, of a circulator comprising two half tubes open at the forward end and respectively secured outside and inside of the opening of the hood, and'adapted to receive air from the outside and discharge it in a forced current inside the hood.

3. The combination with the hood of an automobile having an opening therein, of a circulator comprising two half tubes having open forward ends and flanged edges placed respectively above and below the opening in the hood and riveted together and to the latter, and adapted to receive air from the Outside and discharge it in a strong current into the hood.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

. BEIGE: EDWIN BIKER.

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